Emotional rollacoster but finally a happy outcome

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So as some of you know my horse has been backwards and forwards to the vets due to issues I was having with her back.

Vet thought she may have kissing spines due to 2 of her vertebrae sitting really close but steroid injections didn't work so she suggested maybe the operation was the best course of action but wanted to do a bone scan first to may sure that nothing was underlying.

It now turns out her back is absolutely fine, no hot spots at all and it's her left sacriolic joint that was showing up but again vet said only mildy and nothing that should cause an explosion.

So she has given her tildren (as she had slight changes to the navicular bone too) in the hope that works and has suggested Physio.

She also said that she can also inject straight into the joint but wants to wait and reassess in 2 months. Apart from that she thinks it may be behavioural as none of the problems she shows are significant enough to cause any problems!!!

So really pleased she doesn't have to have the op and funny enough it's what my Physio suspected all along but I still have a gut feeling there is something behind these explosions
 
I think that your gut feeling is right. There will be a physical reason for her explosions. There always is. Speaking to my physio who also used to work on humans, she pointed out that often joints that look awful and massively arthritic cause little pain, whereas some people whose xrays show very mild changes can be in agony! My own horse has really bad bone spavin but he is not even slightly lame, whereas a mare at our yard with changes so small, the vet missed them first time, has been very lame. Often what actually causes 'explosions' in horses is sudden stabbing pain, caused by trapped nerves being pinched, rather than chronic soreness and inflamation. If your mare has explosive episodes, I would bet my life she has sudden pain issues. Possibly from a nerve being pinched in the sacroilliac region. I should know, I suffer from it. I can be walking along pain free and suddenly the most horrific stabbing pain can render me unable to move. I can go for days inbetween episodes.
 
Wagtail that does make a lot of sense which would probably also explain why she always hurts her back when she over does it as initially the pain isn't there. Unfortunately if that is the case then there is little I can do about that except regular Physio as she is highly strung and even my instructor has said she will never change.

Vet did also mention shock wave theorapy but I haven't even looked into this yet as want to see if the tildren and physio work first.
 
Good luck with it. If the tildren doesn't work then a combination of shock wave therapy and steroid injections may do the trick, as the SW aids in the distribution of the corticosteroids.
 
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